17 Sep 2010 Caspar Jerry White found a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the Caspar pond this afternoon at 4:45p. He added that the bird flew off with the blackbird flock. Good Birding, Rich Trissel for

Fri Sep 17, 2010--A little after noon today there was a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER at the north entrance to Virgin Creek. It was with a small Chickadee flock. There were two AMERICAN WIGEON (first of

16 September 2010 - This morning at 10:30 AM I was surprised to see a large swift banking in front of my vehicle at eye level here at the UC-Hopland Research & Extension Center. My knee-jerk

Just before dawn on Wednesday morning at Usal a SPOTTED OWL called several times, and then just before sunrise there was a calling Northern Pygmy-Owl. Jerry White

That might be because it is a Pectoral Sandpiper. Jim Lomax

Just added a photo of this bird to the folder "Albion Birds" on this Group's page, in case anyone wants to see the color variation I was talking about. If you were looking at this bird with Sibley's

Wed, 15 Sept 2010 -- Jim Havlena & I also birded Usal this AM, where we talked with Jerry White & Chuck Vaughn.  I spotted a LONG-BILLED CURLEW flying over the beach, that Jerry said was a 1st for

Greetings Mendobirders- Jerry White and I birded the Usal Beach campground this morning. It was very quiet early, but at 930 we found a large mixed flock in the area of the pay station which we

Tue, 14 Sept 2010 -- A RED-NECKED GREBE was with the Scoter flock off the north end of the Haul Rd at Ward Ave, Cleone, this morning.  Along the still backed-up Ten Mile River, I saw 7 COMMON

Apologies to you all--the "evening" grosbeak is a black-headed grosbeak. I got my names mixed up. Jerry has been here and it was nice to meet him. Henri

An evening grosbeak was in our bird feeder this afternoon, also flocks of Amer. goldfinches, pine siskins, chickadees, plus a (probably) downy woodpecker on the trunk of the apple tree. Henri

Greetings Mendobirders- Jerry White saw a female INDIGO BUNTING at about 10 am today. The bird was off of Rd 500B/Brewery Gulch Dr just south of Mendocino, and about 50 yards west of Hwy 1. It was

Mon, 13 Sept 2010 -- Today, I saw an adult female MacGILLIVRAY's WARBLER at Chadbourne Gulch, on the east side of Hwy 1, between Ten Mile R. and Westport. It was overcast all day, so I didn't go out

Sea Life Revealed: Mendocino’s Closest Marine Sanctuary Just 6 miles off the coast of the Marin/Sonoma coast, another world begins. The Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary provides a lush feeding

Sunday was a family fun day for me and the fam, (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sic) The highway 37 between Novato and Vallejo was just dripping with all manner of untold observations

Sunday Sept 12, 2010 - A juvenile SOLITARY SANDPIPER visited the little pond just outside our living-room window this morning around 10. It stayed a few minutes, just long enough to snap a few

A friend who lives on the Ukiah end of the Boonville Rd asked me today: right near dusk all of a sudden a flock of birds will appear winging directly west at high speed. He says they are

In addition to the birds already reported for the past 3 days; there was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Usal on Tuesday September 7th. On that same day at Virgin Creek Beach Chuck Vaughn and I had a

Tue & Wed, 7-8 Sept 2010 -- A female/immature ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen briefly yesterday in bright sunlight by Jerry White and Chuck Vaughn, but they did not get really satisfactory looks at the

Sun, 5 Sept 2010 -- A DUSKY FLYCATCHER was in a neighbor's garage in Ocean Meadows.  The neighbor did not know a bird was temporarily "trapped" when I saw it as I went to take something into Fort